Weather Journal Assignment

GS109 Project I Weather Journal DUE: ______

To help you develop a ‘feel for the weather’ you will keep a weather journal for two continuous weeks. Each day you will make and record your own weather observations, check a web site of your choice to access weather measurements and write down personal reflections or questions about the weather. The exact format is up to you. You can keep this journal in a bound book which you hand in or on separate sheets of paper which you staple together and then hand in. This project is worth 25 points and will be graded primarily on completeness.

For each day I want you to:

 Start with a Fresh Sheet of Paper. Label this sheet with the date at the top. The exact sequence in which you record the information is up to you, and I expect that you will develop your own format over the course of the two weeks.

 Make your own personal observation of the weather. Describe and/or measure all of the weather elements you can. Include cloud type, contrails, rainbows and any other atmospheric phenomena you observe. Record the time and place of each observation. If possible try to do this at more or less at the same time of day at more or less the same place.

 Record weather observations from the web. Use a single web site of your choice which you will check every day and record the following information:

- Time at which you are checking the web site - Air Temperature - Air Pressure: also give tendency - Humidity: give relative humidity and dew point temperature - Cloud Cover: percentage and height if available - Precipitation: type and amount - Wind: general direction and speed - Visibility: general statement and miles or kilometers if available - Also return to the web site the next day and record the maximum and minimum temperatures for that day along with the total precipitation amount. - Make sure to cite the website giving the full URL

 Write Down Personal Reflections on the Weather and Climate Write a sentence or more about the weather on this day. Be creative!

Two Suggested Weather Sources (of course you may use others!)

Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/US/OR/Portland.html National Weather Service Portland Airport: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KPDX.html